UK | Male | Female | |
Total participations | 29 476 294 25 250 495 | 15 720 468 14 306 085* | 11 851 202 10 944 410* |
Total participants recording at least one parkrun | 2 090 129 1 808 324 | 1 034 129 874 112* | 1 055 974 934 212* |
Mean (SD) age† | by run: 41.0 (12.5) by athlete: 36.0 (12.4) | by run: 41.9 (12.8) by athlete: 36.1 (12.9) | by run: 39.8 (12.0) by athlete: 35.8 (11.9) |
Sex distribution (male:female) | by run=57:43 by athlete=48:52 | ||
Finish time in mm:ss median (IQR) | 27:47 (24:08 - 32:05) | 25:20 (22:34 −28:46) | 31:00 (27:45 −35:00) |
Mean (SD) no of runs/year/participant | 7.2 (9.4) | 7.9 (10.1) | 6.4 (8.6) |
Mean (SD) no of years with at least one run recorded over 2014–2019 | 1.95 (1.39) | 2.08 (1.48) | 1.84 (1.29) |
Data in bold are the data included in the statistical analysis after data cleaning (reasons for removing data include unidentified finishers, all junior data, etc).
*Sex not stated or ‘other’ replaced by race category sex. One participant likely changed gender for which their majority gender was used.
†Age is determined by middle of age category they participated under, which is then averaged over all runs for the per athlete statistics.